Yes, yes, yes–I know that everyone is overwhelmed with the holidays.  But really, you shouldn’t close your writer’s eye at such a rich time.  So, here’s another exercise that you can do in your mind, …

As writers, all we have to work with is our words.  They’re the currency of our craft; we use them to say, to show, to explain, to tell, to create an idea or a world …

As I lolled in the sand in a state of total relaxation and bliss, I had a revelation…

My mom developed a vision problem when I was a kid, and I remember that it really scared me. Her arms got too short to be able to look up numbers in the telephone …

There’s an old saw that may or may not be a Joan Rivers joke: “Men–can’t live with them and can’t live without them!” That’s how I feel about deadlines. As someone who …

We never do leave home. Every house we’ve ever lived in has helped form us into who we are, has followed along with us every step of the way.

Julia Child doesn’t give a recipe for Puff Pastry in her almost-encyclopedic Mastering the Art of French Cooking.  Or rather, the recipe she gives is for the simple little piped (or flung from a spoon) …

I’ve just been wandering through my ByJane Archives seeing if there’s anything there that I can do a quick and dirty snatch and grab for this week’s Wednesday Writer’s Workshop.  Just a cursory glance …